Friday, April 10, 2015 | 5:24 p.m.
CARSON CITY — A Nevada panel has passed a bill attempting to break up the Clark County School District.
The Assembly Education Committee unanimously passed a heavily amended version of AB 394 on Friday.
The bill originally would have given the Nevada Board of Education the opportunity to approve deconsolidation but was amended to create a legislative commission charged with creating a blueprint to break the district into five regional bodies.
The commission would be composed primarily of Nevada lawmakers and would be given about a year to develop a break-up plan. Republican bill sponsor Assemblyman David Gardner said he hopes to have the independent districts created by the 2017-18 school year.
Democratic Assemblywoman Olivia Diaz voted for the amended bill and said the district could be better served by more local control.
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